A circular dichroism study of mitochondrial transhydrogenase from beef heart

• This paper describes a circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy study of purified proton-pumping nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase from beef heart. The CD spectrum obtained was used to estimate the content of secondary structures of the purified enzyme and suggests the presence of 40–45% α-helical structure and long, possibly membrane-spanning α-helices. The spectrum was essentially unaffected by the absence or presence of transhydrogenase substrates, suggesting that the catalytic and proton-translocating activities of the enzyme occur without major rearrangements at the level of secondary structures. 

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

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Biochemistry

Biokemi

Biochemistry

Biokemi

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